Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Africa's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alain Boghossian | France | 1 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | 1 |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | 1 |
| Christophe Dugarry | France | 1 |
| David Trezeguet | France | 1 |
| Didier Deschamps | France | 1 |
| Ebbe Sand | Denmark | 1 |
| Emmanuel Petit | France | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 15 Jun 1996 | v Malawi | 3–0 | 38′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 27 Jan 1996 | v Algeria | 2–1 | 72′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | African Cup of Nations 1996 · Quarter-final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1998 | v France | 0–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 15 Jun 1996 | v Malawi | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1996 |
| 27 Jan 1996 | v Algeria | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | African Cup of Nations 1996 · Quarter-final |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.